The latest round of funding through the Transport Research and Innovation Grant (TRIG) competition is now open, and sees an increased available grant amount per winner of up to £45,000 per project.
Among other things, this most recent round of funding concerns solutions for decarbonising airport operations and ways to better use AI to make transport cheaper and quicker.
Innovative ideas that address the opportunities and challenges faced by the Freight and Logistics sector are also welcome.
Last year’s TRIG competition saw 67 projects awarded funding, including personalised navigation apps for disabled passengers and robots for freight at ports.
Commenting on the launch of the 10th edition of the TRIG competition, Technology Minister, Jesse Norman, said:
“TRIG funding has been a huge success over the past 10 years, helping to pioneer the new ideas to solve the transport problems of tomorrow. Today’s launch of the latest round of funding promises to build on the knowledge that innovation is key to helping improve transport across the UK, making lives easier and creating jobs.”
Previous winners include IONA Drones, whose drone solution aims to address rural logistics challenges.
Offering her backing to the competition, IONA Drones Chief Executive, Etienne Louvet, said:
“TRIG and the CPC network were instrumental on IONA’s research and development efforts, especially when funding gets scarce which naturally penalises industrial technologies. Since then, we have continued to work efficiently and are pursuing new later stage opportunities.”
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